The owner of the pit bull that killed a little girl last year gets the maximum sentence.

A judge sentenced Donald Brewer of Cabell County to 12 months in jail. Brewer pleaded no contest to misdemeanor involuntary manslaughter as part of an agreement. That agreement dismissed the same charged against his wife, Pamela Brewer.

2-year-old Arianna Fleeman died last May after an attack by the Brewer's pit bull. The dog was under a quarantine for biting another person at the time of her death.

The one year sentence won't take effect until September to give the defense time to appeal the case to the supreme court. Brewer remains free on bond.